Length 16–18 mm. Head, pronotum, and legs (except for hind femora) brown; forewings light green (but the green fades in pinned specimens); length of forewings >12 mm.
Similar species:
Tamarack tree cricket—on tamarack or hemlock; colors darker; length of forewings <12 mm.
Habitat:
Foliage of various species of pine, including pitch, scrub, shortleaf, loblolly, and white; also balsam fir.
Season:
First adults mid June in the south, early August in the north. In northern localities calling lasts until frost, but it may end earlier in the south. One generation annually.
Remarks:
The pine tree cricket usually is well out of reach in the crowns of pine trees. It is also remarkably difficult to see when it nestles head inward among the needles of its host. The brown anterior blends with the bundle sheaves and the green forewings with the needles.
